Controlling External Devices

[Chipp Walters]

Yes Jeffrey, you are correct.

I think the way to handle USB externals is to right specific externals 
for specific tasks. For instance a TWAIN USB external which could 
interface with TWAIN compliant scanners.

best,

Chipp

Jeffrey Reynolds wrote:
> this is also the feedback i got when i asked a few folks about the 
> possibility of doing usb communications. highly variable depending on 
> the hardware you are talking to. not as simple as the good olde serial 
> signal. Hopefully most things we will want to control will hop over usb 
> to a net connection... although there are a few input devices like 
> magnetic card scanners that are moving to usb and would be nice to 
> easily access from rev.